Aggies win Big 12 tournament title on Greene’s homer

OKLAHOMA CITY — An humble Brodie Greene offered up a few details on Sunday afternoon about a home run he’ll remember forever.

“The wind might have carried it some, too,” Greene said, shrugging.

Not a chance. Greene crushed a line-drive, two-run homer to defeat Baylor 5-3 in the Big 12 tournament title game in the 10th inning. The Aggies had overcome a 3-1 deficit in the ninth to prevent the Bears from winning their first Big 12 tournament title in six tries.

Meanwhile Baylor coach Steve Smith said the Bears were down after the defeat.

“It’s not death,” Smith said. “But (the players) feel like it is right now.”

The Bears can at least take comfort in knowing they’ll be taking part in this week’s NCAA tournament. Both A&M and Baylor will travel to regionals this year — and they’ll find out where on Monday afternoon.

Greene was named the Big 12 tournament’s most outstanding player after collecting four hits on Sunday — including the dramatic game winner off of Brooks Pinckard. John Stilson (8-1) earned the victory after only allowing one unearned run over the last four innings.